Several tens of thousands of Ukrainians were without power Friday morning in central and northeastern Ukraine after a new Russian drone attack in the middle of the night.
The Air Force said it was able to shoot down 11 of the 24 Iranian-designed Shahed explosive drones launched against the regions of Dnipro and Kirovograd (center), Kherson (south) and Kharkiv (north-east).
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In Kryvyï Rig, a drone strike deprived some 40,000 people of electricity, said the governor of the Dnipro region Serguiï Lyssak.
In the Kharkiv region, the governor, Oleg Synegoubov, also reported nighttime attacks by drones, rockets and artillery, indicating that 64 localities in the region were deprived of electricity, without specifying at this stage how many 'residents this concerned.
Ukraine faces air attacks almost every night, sometimes suffering dozens of missile and drone attacks targeting urban centers.
For months, Ukrainian forces have responded by launching their own drones and missiles against Russia, causing civilian deaths.
The Russian border region of Belgorod is particularly targeted.